Scammers

IRS Releases The Dirty Dozen Tax Scams For 2013

**Press Release From The IRS** WASHINGTON — The Internal Revenue Service today issued its annual "Dirty Dozen" list of tax scams, reminding taxpayers to use caution during tax season to protect themselves against a wide range of schemes ranging from identity theft to return preparer fraud.

SCAM ALERT: Beware Of Fake Tournament Tickets

SPOKANE, Wash. - As March Madness continues to grip the Inland Northwest, there are some that are trying to take advantage of fan's excitement and take cash right out of their pocket. You could say Bonnie Stewart has been swept up by basketball fever. The Spokane resident says she got hooked

It’s A Spoof! The Attorney General’s Office Is Not Sending You Stock Tips

**Press release from the Washington state Attorney General's Office** OLYMPIA, Wash. - It can happen to anyone. Spoofers have targeted two well-respected consumer protection agencies in an attempt to harm the very people those agencies protect. In mid-January, the Federal Trade Commission

Amid Newtown tragedy, scam artists creep in

By CHRISTINA REXRODE and ROBERT RAYAssociated Press NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) - The family of Noah Pozner was mourning the 6-year-old, killed in the Newtown school massacre, when outrage compounded their sorrow. Someone they didn't know was soliciting donations in Noah's memory, claiming that